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EX-32.2 - EX-32.2 - GEN PROBE INCa55283exv32w2.htm
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - GEN PROBE INCa55283exv31w1.htm
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of Gen-Probe Incorporated (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 (the “Report”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof, I, Carl W. Hull, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:
  (i)   the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
  (ii)   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
     
DATE: February 25, 2010  By:   /s/ Carl W. Hull    
    Carl W. Hull   
    President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
This certification accompanies the Form 10-K to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Gen-Probe Incorporated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of the Form 10-K), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.